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Macrocytic anemia
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A type of anemia characterized by increased size of erythrocytes with increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH). [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19202968 ]
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Macrocytic anemia
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The causes of macrocytosis can be broadly classified as megaloblastic and nonmegaloblastic. Megaloblastic processes are characterized on the peripheral smear by macroovalocytes and hypersegmented neutrophils, which are absent in nonmegaloblastic macrocytic processes. Nonmegaloblastic processes have round macrocytes or macroreticulocytes.
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